Day 1: Travel day...

 

As all our Watkinson students and UCONN doctors assembled into the very packed dining hall, you could sense the excitement everyone was feeling as we were just hours away from embarking onto this new experience. Our day started at 9 am together, we loaded forty four, 50 lb bags onto our bus and headed off towards JFK. Despite going through super long security lines, facing numerous delays, and having to drive through flooded streets. We made it to La Romana, at 1:30 a.m. We all settled in at around 2 a.m., to rest up for our busy week ahead!